Race 7 (286)
THE HONG KONG ELITE ATHLETES CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | PRIME MINISTER (D288) | K C Leung | TT | Soon taken back to last from the widest gate and waited with, went the widest entering home straight, ran on under pressure down the centre of the track to prevail by a narrow margin. |
| 2 | 14 | NOTHING NEW (E127) | H Bentley | H/P/XB | Well there early and travelled wide throughout, drifted back steadily to be 10th over 4L back coming onto home bend, shifted wider entering home straight and ran on under pressure only to be denied by a small margin. |
| 3 | 9 | SOLID IMPACT (E447) | L Ferraris | -- | Disputed lead before taken one back though remaining 2-wide onto home bend, hit the front 500m out kicking 1.5L clear under pressure early in straight, only to be worn down 50m out. |
| 4 | 2 | BEAUTY CHAMP (G137) | J Moreira | TT1 | Began well from a low gate settling just off the pace, came to challenge after straightening but failed to quicken to threaten. |
| 5 | 13 | NEARLY FINE (E430) | V Borges | TT | Slightly slow out, soon picked up to 7th about 4L back, ridden briefly coming out of back straight and made steady headway on the rail around home bend, kept on steadily from 2.5L 5th into straight. |
| 6 | 8 | DUBLIN STAR (C436) | C L Chau | B/TT | Prominent from a wide gate early but gradually shifted back to last few, switched wide rounding home bend and wider into straight, produced good late impression inside final 150m. |
| 7 | 1 | BE READY (D024) | C Y Ho | V- | Travelled one back behind the leaders very wide with cover, shifted 2 back sharing 6th 3 wide without cover coming onto home bend, kept on under pressure until finding no extra inside the 150m. |
| 8 | 12 | MERCURIAL (D283) | M F Poon | H/TT | Broke well from a high draw, held narrow lead off the rail before obtaining rails run at the 1000m, led until headed 500m out, faded in straight. |
| 9 | 7 | SUPER OASIS (D085) | R Maia | B/XB | Moderate start, settled towards the rear, switched wide for a run entering home straight, kept on same pace without quickening. |
| 10 | 5 | FABULOUSIO (G152) | M Chadwick | -- | Slowly away, recovered steadily along the rail, reached 11th some 6L back coming out of back straight and further closer just over 3L off turning for home, baulked for a run early in straight and found no extra inside final 200m. |
| 11 | 6 | HEZA BEAUTY (D116) | B Shinn | E | Settled well behind, snuck up on the rail to about 4L of pace turning in, soon found no extra. |
| 12 | 4 | SMILING TIME (E235) | M L Yeung | CP/TT1 | Niggled along and improved to 7th some 3L back, became 8th in similar position rounding home bend, soon weakened after straightening. |
| 13 | 11 | LEWIS (E173) | H W Lai | XB-/B/TT | Broke well from a wide gate niggling along without cover in first few, gained steadily closer rounding home bend, folded up quickly after straightening. (Blood in trachea) |
| 14 | 3 | MR CROISSANT (C234) | H N Wong | CP | Prominent to straight, soon weakened. |
| B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
| CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
| PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
| TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
| "1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |